Get first file in directory PHP

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Dromnes picture Dromnes · Oct 31, 2015 · Viewed 12.9k times · Source

I want to get the first file in a directory using PHP.

I am trying to make a function where the users on my website can change their profile picture. To show their profile picture on their profile page I want to get the first image in their profile picture folder. I want to get the image they have uploaded, regardless of the file type. I have made it so when they upload a new picture the old one will be deleted, so it will just be one file in the folder. How do i do this?

Answer

Abdullah picture Abdullah · Oct 31, 2015

You can get first file in directory like this

$directory = "path/to/file/";
$files = scandir ($directory);
$firstFile = $directory . $files[2];// because [0] = "." [1] = ".."

Then Open with fopen() you can use the w or w+ modes:

w Open for writing only; place the file pointer at the beginning of the file and truncate the file to zero length. If the file does not exist, attempt to create it.

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